Posted on 06/18/2013 3:52:09 PM PDT by fwdude
A Tennessee community college professor ordered her students to wear ribbons in support of gay rights and said those who supported the traditional definition of marriage are just “uneducated bigots” who “attack homosexuals with hate,” according to a legal firm representing several of the students in the class.
Students in a general psychology class at Columbia State Community College were directed by their professor to wear “Rainbow Coalition” ribbons for an entire day and express their support for the homosexual community, said Travis Barham, an attorney with the Alliance Defending Freedom.
Barham is calling for the college to punish Dr. Linda Brunton and order her to apologize to the students whose constitutional rights he believes were violated, according to a letter he sent to the community college president.
“Dr. Brunton essentially turned her General Psychology class into a semester-long clinic on the demands of the homosexual movement,” Barham said.
A Columbia State spokesperson told Fox News she was not aware of the concerns but vowed to look into the matter. Brunton did not return a telephone call seeking comment.
According to her faculty page, Brunton is a member of the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Educators Network and lists diversity issues among her professional interests.
Alliance Defending Freedom said the professor told students to write a paper about how they were allegedly “discriminated against” because of their support for homosexual conduct.
Several students objected to the assignment because their religious convictions prohibit them from supporting conduct their faith teaches them is immoral and unnatural.
Barham said the professor made it clear they had to follow the rules of the assignment to receive credit and allegedly told the students their own beliefs and viewpoints were irrelevant – even when they wrote their papers.
The students were also barred from defending or explaining any other views regarding homosexual conduct, dismissing such arguments as “throwing Bible verses” at her,” the attorney said.
“When students objected to how she was pushing her personal views on the class, she explained that it is her job ‘to educate the ignorant and uneducated elements of society,’ that oppose this movement’s demands and to correct their ‘hateful and close-minded’ views” Barham said.
Barham said the assignment violated the constitutional rights of students by forcing them to advance a particular political agenda.
“The Constitution does not allow any government official to force another person to adopt or advocate a particular moral or political view. But this professor did just that with this assignment and thus clearly violated freedoms protected by the First Amendment.”
We know one thing for sure, she’s ugly as sin on the inside.
I would *love* to be a student in that misguided fool’s class.
It would be my goal to make her have a nervous breakdown.
Of course, I’d be a “SOTA” (Student Older Than Average). On *steroids*.
But, I’ve been there before... SOTA’s often have life experience and are MUCH less cowed by the “authority” of a mere college instructor.
Edited for clarity.
Dr. Linda Brunton seems to want to come up with a new version of Hitler Youth, forcing students to repudiate their beliefs in the name of her vision.;
Anyone asserting that opposition to homosexuality can only be based on hatred of persons does not deserve one minute of anyone’s time on that subject.
ME:
“Professor, disgust isn’t hate. Your propaganda isn’t truth. Ribbons don’t change biological reality, or confer normalcy on deviant behavior. Your desire to change the meaning of words to fit your nonsense agenda, is of no importance to me.”
” A ‘Right’ is immutable, and not a label you are free to assign to your latest cultural distortion.”
Very disappointed to see this happening in my native TN. I expect this kind of crap up here in the People’s Democratic Socialist Republic of Illinois.
pic?
Interesting that Liberals want to strip us of liberties.
ewwwwwwwwwwwww
When the SHTF and all societal order breaks down, I hope to use homoNazis like her as a piñata.
yuck
When you play her rib cage like a marimba have a background music machine playing wild Flamenco rhythms.
Who, who doesn't want to wear the ribbon?!!!
Fire the #ing cucker.
I agree with most of your sentiment, but not the overeducated part. I would doubt her exposure to classic literature as well as well as a thoughtful study of the great philosophers, how many languages does she speak? Just because she may have a doctor of psychology does not make her educated.
Yeah, no tenured faculty at community colleges. OTOH, she can deploy the GLBT card to ward off any attempts to fire her.
I would be happy to comply: I support homosexuals in our community. I pray for them to find God. I pray for them to find the strength they need to follow God's Word. I pray for them to resist or ignore the harmfully enabling encouragement from members of the gay lobby, such as this professor. I will cheerfully express my support for these people and for the salvation of their immortal souls. As for wearing a rainbow, why not? I could put it on this shirt with a tag, "I like pretty colors, even when they mean S#%@!" I wouldn't mind wearing that to class.
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